November 2021
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Penn State Football: In the Big Picture, Little Details Make a Difference
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — The margins are small. Whatever your qualms might be about Penn State’s year or the general trajectory of the past two (or more) seasons. it would be unfair to say the Nittany Lions are wildly off track in the realm of being competitive at the level they would like to be.…
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Penn State Caps Off Fall from Grace with Messy Loss to Spartans
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It’s been exactly 700 days since Penn State topped Memphis in the 2019 Cotton Bowl. Since then, the Nittany Lions are 11-10. They finished No. 4 in the Big Ten East, which is the lowest mark since 2015 — the first year Penn State was given a full 85 scholarships following NCAA sanctions. Following their…
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Penn State Football: It All Has to Get Better. That Starts at the Top and with a Vision
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Penn State football’s biggest issue is that it has become a Rorschach test. If you see a team that needs better players to compete at the highest level, you wouldn’t be wrong. Penn State is talented but it is not overwhelmingly so. It rarely gets blown out, but in its series…
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Penn State Falls to No. 12 Michigan State 30-27 in Regular-Season Finale
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Penn State football (7-5, 4-5 Big Ten) lost its regular-season finale to No. 12 Michigan State (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten) 30-27 on a snowy Saturday in East Lansing. The Nittany Lions quickly fell behind 14-0 thanks to a slow start on both sides of the ball. However, James Franklin’s squad got it together and even…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Dominates Oregon State to Wrap Up Emerald Coast Classic
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Penn State men’s basketball (4-2) took care of Oregon State (1-6) with a 60-45 win in the consolation game of the Emerald Coast Classic on Saturday in Niceville, Florida. Jalen Pickett led the way with 14 points and seven assists on the day. He and Jalanni White paced the Nittany Lions with seven rebounds. How…
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Letter: Casino Will Be Unprofitable and Harmful
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State College is not a profitable location to build a casino. How do we know? In 2019, after five other mini-casino licenses had already been approved for other locations in Pennsylvania, no casino operator was willing to bid even $7.5 million for a license to build a casino in State College. Even in 2019, before COVID lockdowns…
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Centre County Adds 42 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 5,143 New Positives
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Centre County reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to increase its total to 22,582, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 20,350 are confirmed and 2,232 are probable. Pennsylvania added 5,143 positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,721,743. The county also had 65 new negative test results to bring the total…
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Centre County Adds 91 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 6,122 New Positives
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Centre County reported 91 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to increase its total to 22,540, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 20,310 are confirmed and 2,230 are probable. Pennsylvania added 6,122 positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,716,600. The county also had 95 new negative test results to bring the total…
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Penn State Football: 5 Things to Watch as the Nittany Lions Face Michigan State
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Penn State heads to East Lansing this weekend with a chance to pick up win No. 8 on the year against a Michigan State team that has lost two of its last three. A win would help the Nittany Lions’ bowl destination and double last season’s win total after a wild 4-5 COVID year. At…
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Tannenbaum Farms Opening for Its Final Season
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CENTRE HALL — When Tannenbaum Farms officially opens for the 2021 Christmas tree season on Nov. 26, it will be doing so for the final time. Craig and Martha Weidensaul have owned and operated the farm at 161 McCool Road in Centre Hall since they planted their first trees more than 50 years ago. It…